I cannot blame the utility company for looking at renewable energy and the lower profits caused by the availability of cheap fossil fuels. But of course, the cost of fossil fuels is not real. We still, and I know that I have been on my soapbox about this for some time, provide obscene levels of […]
Why can’t we come up with a carbon budget for emissions? The Times article is quite clear even if it does not say so…we lack global leadership at virtually all levels. This is not a knock on our leaders (well maybe a slight one)..just a nod to the reality of politics…. What I find most […]
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has taken a step forward in solving a major concern with regard to renewable energy. Storage = consistency of power. As we move forward in the area of energy storage, we continue to allow for our evolution away from fossil fuels. The grants are a great step forward. […]
We have heard renewable naysayers claim that solar and wind are unreliable…that they are not able to provide an even source of power and that the system cannot handle the irregularities of the renewable generating systems. Well, a good test was held in Germany when a solar eclipse resulted in a huge spike and drop […]
If it was not so serious, the vote taken by the U.S. Senate to affirm that humans are not the cause of climate change would be a joke. The rejection by an entire political party of scientific data is so inane that it defies any attempt to explain the underlying rationale. Having been involved in […]